Car hire in the United Kingdom

There's no better way to see Great Britain than by car

Cruise across the United Kingdom’s famously bucolic countryside in your Avis hire car. Explore the country's storied, fast-paced cities and meander through its heritage towns. You'll find them brimming with culture.

Where would you like to meet us to begin your journey?

Scroll down to discover our top United Kingdom car rental locations, and pinpoint the best spot to collect and return your hire car. Alternatively, click the button below to let us know where and when you'd like begin your journey.

Popular car hire locations in the UK

Superminis to supercars: Unlock Avis in Britain

Come city, airport or major town, we’ve got you covered in the UK. Whether you fancy a stealthy car for an urban jaunt, a classy coupé for a romantic road trip or a herculean 4x4 or people carrier for a family holiday, we have the perfect car for you.

The car you pick is the car you get

Our curated collection of stylish hire cars with attitude, the Avis Select Series offers you the chance to accelerate away in the exact model you fancy.

Avis Select Series is available at many major airports and city locations in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Italy. Book your chosen car in the exact same way as you would our standard fleet.

And, you don’t have to drive full-circle: make the most of one way car hire across Britain.

UK driving guide

And to help you plan your trip we've created Great Drive guides to some of the best driving locations in the United Kingdom..

There's so much to explore

Where to start? Motorists can trail through the wild moors of the southwest to Cornwall’s surfer-friendly bays. Pass by Bath, a spa destination since Celtic times. Cross into Wales for the second-hand bookshop capital Hay-on-Wye, or Swansea’s award-winning sandy neighbour Rhossili. Back in England, join the resident 4x4s and tick off the tearoom-filled villages of the Cotswolds before turning right for the ancient academy towns of Oxford then Cambridge.

Accelerate north for the Minsters and small-town charm of Yorkshire, Wordsworth country amidst the idyllic Lake District, and the sparsely populated, eerily ascetic Northumberland coast. Pass into Scotland and the golf courses of North Berwick. From Edinburgh it’s a 15-minute hop to hilltop Rosslyn Chapel made infamous by “The Da Vinci Code”. Glasgow and 16th-century Stirling Castle are nearby. Continue climbing for the Grampian hills, the Cairngorm massif and the jagged west coast.

Visiting Northern Ireland?

The natural beauty of Northern Ireland can be seen and believed by driving from Belfast up to The Giant’s Causeway, where 40,000 huge hexagonal black columns are waiting to be counted.